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Politics Being Formed From Ethics-studies On Aristotle’s Justice Theory

Posted on:2015-01-08Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L SunFull Text:PDF
GTID:2266330428996524Subject:Basic principles of Marxism
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Through the ages, the political philosophy has been always pay attention to therelationship between political and ethical issues, because it has the reality significancein the modern social life. The book of Aristotle’s politics as a model in the research ofpolitical thought in the ancient Greek is an important theoretical support to understanddeeply of Aristotle’s political thought and also better for us to comb the political andethical issues from its beginning.Politics Being Formed from Ethics——Studies on Aristotle’s Justice Theorydiscusses the question of political justice found that politics is the norm of ethics,politics itself is ethics, the political system is its implementation form of politics,politics is how to generate and how to play its role in ethics. People from the start tothink about their own things, the pursuit of fairness and justice will produce, Platothink people pursuit of justice is to seek interests, justice is coordinated and orderlyand people do their jobs. Aristotle from the perspective of polis thinks that people cangain self-sufficiency in the family in which he lived, live the life of society, higherpolitical justice as value pursuit. People are value subject, under the polis value objectto pursue the goal all of goods and justice. Through the doctrine of the mean principleand ethical principles such as justice, brave and wise, love norms limiting the politicalrelations and political behavior. Through building of political system to practice andrealize the purpose of political ethics, to seek of the polis of the citizens and thecommon safety and happiness. Aristotle opened a new path to political ethicalthinking, no longer stressed on the basis of personal moral practice of political virtue,not with individual improvement to guarantee the politics, the political quality nolonger use personal moral progress, but more attention to the design and arrangement of system. Slam the door, which is based on individual and the institutionalarrangements, supported by individual moral political thinking. Through thecoordination of interpersonal relationship in social life, open the Aristotle’s politicaltheory by ethics, politics and system.Marx thought the ancient Greek is the cradle of European civilization, there is noGreek culture foundation, and there would be no modern Europe. Aristotle as a masterof the ancient Greek culture, from his political thought level, is enough to be called apioneer for the later political study opened a new perspective and direction, role in thedifferent political life of the western development, opened up about justice (freedom)political themes.
Keywords/Search Tags:Political justice, Ethics of political, the polis system
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